Ge-cearfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cearfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -ceorfan; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-cearfan

p. earf To kill, cut off or up; interficere, decollare :-- Gie soecas mec gecearfa quaeritis me interficere, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 37; 40. Ðone ic gecearf quem ego decollavi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 16. ge-cearfan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᛠᚱᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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